Sipping a bottle of extremely bitter potion in his hand, Xue Ling Huan Bing frowned tightly. The weakness caused by the curse was also affected by the magical energy formed by the potion in his mouth. It gradually melted in my body, and finally disappeared into my fingertips and hair like a warm stream. Although she understood the meaning of the phrase "good medicine tastes bitter", the white-haired woman who sat there drank for a long time because of her overly sensitive mental and physical resistance. She tried her best to endure the bitterness and finally drank it. She drank the bottle of unknown potion that Duan Qing had given her before. At the same time, she turned her attention to Shi Ayun who never stopped moving: "How are you? Did you find any useful clues?"
"I haven't found the strength of three people. Naturally, I won't gain anything by myself." Shi Ayun, who shrugged his shoulders and looked like he was wandering, shrugged when he heard the sound: "Rather than waste so much? If you don’t have enough energy to look for her, it’s better to give you some peace and quiet, isn’t it?”
"My name is Xue Ling Huan Bing, not a woman." After barely dispelling the displeasure in his heart and the weakness entangled on the surface of his body, Xue Ling Huan Bing still frowned: "At least the people in this room should be Find out the purpose."
"I don't know much about the so-called 'adventure experiences' and the civilizations of other continents, so there aren't many things that I can find out." Shi Ayun's expression became more innocent: "But I am just like the Northern Territory. Despite my poor knowledge, I can still see what some of the things inside are like."
"For example, this wooden beam - it should have been part of the table leg." Pointing to a broken piece of wood that had been eroded by time in his hand, the middle-aged man then raised his fingers: "Or Say...a part of a wooden bed? I know you people from other continents don't like to use cloth and leather cushions, but prefer to use more fixed things to make daily utensils..."
"That's because we prefer a relatively fixed residence instead of moving around." Moving his shoulders, Xue Ling Huanbing replied expressionlessly: "Not to mention things like tables, chairs, benches, even food. and water production, clustered villages and cities, we all want to be able to anchor them in the right place.”
"Sounds desirable." Throwing the wooden fragments aside casually, Shi Ayun continued with a casual look: "From this point of view, the way of life on your continent should be the same as the way of life of the tribe here. Quite the opposite... Then why did you come to this place? Do you prefer the days of freedom like the wind? "
"If possible, of course we hope that our lives can be as stable as ordinary people." A bit of sentimentality flashed in his eyes, and Xueling Huanbing, who was holding his shoulders, shook his head vigorously to dispel the images that appeared in his mind. Lost: "And don't be too sure now. Judging from the layout of this room, your ancestors seem to have lived such a life, right?"
"Yes, at least this place used to be more like a place for rest." Without paying attention to the tone of the other party's words, Shi Ayun's figure gradually disappeared into the darker vision deep in the room: "Like this There are a lot of fragments of wooden boards in this place - sometimes I wonder if they cut down all the trees on this continent and turned this place into a vast grassland."
"I think the reason is self-evident." Looking sideways at the end of the corridor outside the door in the direction of the connecting area where the whistling sound was still coming from, Xueling Huanbing continued in a low voice: "Of course , if storms like this were also artificially created by your ancestors on this continent, don’t blame others.”
"I don't know the Kyle family, the Morris family, or the Roderick dynasty." The voice belonging to Shi Ayun began to sound amidst another chaotic sound of rummaging through boxes and cabinets: "What's more, there is nothing between us in the first place. Hatred, why do I have to bring trouble on you?"
"That's not necessarily true. You had a quarrel with Duan Qing before. God knows if you two have any grudges secretly that I don't know about... Well."
The casual chat suddenly stopped, and Xue Ling Huan Bing, who raised his eyebrows, suddenly realized something was wrong: "Why haven't you come back for so long?"
"What did you say?"
"Don't move here, I'll go over there and take a look."
Sensing some worrying possibility, Xue Ling Huan Bing climbed up from the ground with difficulty. She reached out and touched the white sword hilt at her waist and the white round shield behind her back. The energy she had forcibly boosted also changed. After passing the door of the room: "And there was no movement at all..."
"who is it!"
The room next door was only separated by a wall from the room she was in. Just by turning a slight corner, you could see that the interior of the similarly dark room was also spreading countless scattered green lights around the corner, spreading the light to the people huddled there. A figure is brightly illuminated: "You-eh? You, you-"
"What’s wrong with you?"
Worry and anxiety turned into fear and irritability. A puzzled expression appeared on the face of Xue Ling Huan Bing, who rushed forward in a few steps: "What are you looking at?"
"It's nothing, it's just a video." Duan Qing waved his hand, and obviously fell into silence for a long time, then waved his hand at the other party: "Why are you here? Didn't I tell you to stay over there and have a good rest? "
"I, I suddenly noticed that there was no movement here, and I thought something had happened to you." He walked slowly to the corner where Duan Qing was, Xue Ling Huanbing hugged his knees and squatted down slowly: "It happened. What happened? Where did you find this video?"
"It's right here." Pointing to the feet behind him casually, Duan Qing's expression still did not struggle out of his contemplative state: "This place was originally placed with something like a surveillance camera, which recorded many things that had happened. I was lucky enough to see part of the incident here just now, so..."
"Oh? What did you see?" Xueling Huanbing became really interested this time: "Is it an interesting story? Tell me, tell me."
"It's not an interesting thing, but a bit sad." Shaking his head deeply, Duan Qing continued with a heavy face: "There are many details that I can't understand. The amount of information in the conversation between them is really It’s too much and I need to sort it out.”
"You should at least tell me your conclusion." Pulling the opponent's arms and body hard, Xue Ling Huan Bing frowned again: "Are all our previous guesses correct?"
"I don't know." Duan Qing took a deep breath and threw the ball device aside, then stood up from the ground with difficulty: "Everything-"
"It's better to let the professionals answer it."
Following the direction he was looking directly at, a tall figure reappeared at the end of the corridor with heavy footsteps. The roaring sound of movement was followed by the appearance of a mechanical figure belonging to Kyle II, slowly. He slowly blocked the door of the room where Duan Qing and Xue Ling Huan Bing were: "You are here, visitors."
"I, we didn't mean to wander around." He hurriedly waved his hand forward, and Xue Ling Huan Bing also took the lead in speaking out: "We just, just... uh, just taking a look..."
"It doesn't have to be so difficult to explain. This is considered a natural behavior." He reached out to stop the slightly flustered expression and movements of the woman next to him. Duan Qing continued with a calm face: "After all, it's okay to stay here all the time. It’s very leisurely, and it’s normal to walk around and look around.”
"In comparison, your movements seem more unnatural, Kyle II." He pointed at the tall black figure blocking the door, as if the pressure so close at hand was not there at all. Doesn't exist: "Is it my imagination? I always feel that the noise you made when you moved and walked wasn't as loud as it is now."
"The damage rate of parts has exceeded 20%. I need to give up some functions used to maintain comfort." Without any concealment, Kyle II answered without hesitation: "For example, the silent function - the researcher who lives here They like a quieter environment, so when they were making me they specifically made noise-cancelling modifications to my joints and moving parts.”
"Is it true that the researchers here invented you?" Duan Qing also showed a "really so" expression: "Do you know more information about them?"
"They are no longer here." There was still no emotion in the electronically synthesized voice, and the tall figure then answered with the same words: "During the process of repairing the magic circuit, I have checked other rooms in this rest area. , unfortunately, not only is there no food and water suitable for a type of life form, but even the staff who were supposed to work here have disappeared."
"Of course, even if there are no accidents, a person's lifespan can only be a few decades long at most." Duan Qing spread his hands and replied: "For you who have passed through thousands of years, there is nothing normal. Life is worth your existence."
"This underground research laboratory should have been shut down long ago."
He came to this conclusion, while looking at the direction of Kyle II with a calm gaze: "I thought you should be very clear about this, but judging from your previous understanding of the concept of 'time' Come on, you don’t seem to have such a consciousness.”
"To be precise, it is the intelligence knowledge of this laboratory." Kyle II answered Duan Qing without any hesitation or denial: "Even if the staff who are researchers are still at the center of a kind of life form, Within the life span, they will also have their successors, and the functions here should continue to operate.”
"In fact, this place has been abandoned a long time ago." Xue Ling Huan Bing, who seemed to understand the content of the conversation after pressing his forehead, also lowered his head and said, "Why haven't you discovered this fact?"
"On January 1, 1156, Rhodes, my responsibilities have changed." The electronically synthesized voice calmly answered Xueling Huanbing's question, and Kyle II also appeared again as if he had already thought about this problem. Voice: "From this day on, my responsibility has been changed from guarding the underground core area to guarding the underground reception area, while also taking into account local security maintenance."
"I will not leave my work area before there are new instructions." It used a very normal voice to describe the facts that shocked Duan Qing and others, as if this was a matter of course for itself: "Since then For the next 2766 years, 6 months and 15 days, I never came back here again.”
"But, but -" his voice was trembling as he wanted to say something, but Xueling Huanbing, who had been sipping for a long time, finally asked the question first: "But I remember you once said that this laboratory is currently operating normally. .”
"This laboratory is currently operating normally." Nodding his square head, Kyle II still answered with certainty: "The experimental area and the third power area are currently operating stably, and the operations in other areas also meet basic supply requirements - I would still come to this conclusion if the state of the energy supply circuit could be probed."
"I see, I really lost to you." Duan Qing sighed deeply, and then he said helplessly in a low voice while holding his forehead: "Your designer must not have thought that there would be a flaw in such a place. , as a result, you haven’t noticed any abnormalities for so long... No, since it is a reception area, haven’t you received any human beings visiting this place for such a long time?”
"No." Kyle II answered more quickly: "You are the first visitors I received, visitors."
"..."
Another period of unspeakable silence continued in this small and medium-sized room. The gazes between Duan Qing and Xue Ling Huan Bing also collided after their respective contemplations. Hui Cheng, who clenched his fists hard, The robed magician then relaxed his tight lips and raised his head again towards Kyle II: "Anyway, you should have seen the current situation. There have been big problems in the underground experimental area. Those who gathered in the connected area The undead creatures may have killed all the humans here."
"Perhaps the threat from the skeletons is just an accident." Kyle II replied in an electronically synthesized voice: "As long as I remove all these threats, the core area may be able to return to normal operations."
"This is definitely not an accident, and you won't be able to find other survivors here." Duan Qing said without hesitation: "It's definitely not that simple. You'd better take us to the experimental area to have a look."
"I have other evidence that proves that."
He pointed to the round broken device at his feet, and emphasized in an affirmative voice.
